But as even Ralston had to admit today, it's downright ridiculous to expect a fairly drawn map that favors Republicans when there are still 65,000+ more registered Democratic voters than Republican voters in this state. So what's in this Senate map that really scares the Nevada GOP? Let me reveal it to you.

Early this week, I did my best to adhere to the contours of the special masters' map in Dave's Redistricting App in drawing these districts for myself. Here are my estimates of the partisan breakdown of the possible new Nevada Senate.

Safe Republican Seats:

SD 12 (Incumbent: Joe Hardy)

SD 14 (Incumbent: Don Gustavson)

SD 16 (Incumbent: Ben Kieckhefer)

SD 17 (Incumbent: James Settlemeyer)

SD 19 (Open)

Safe Democratic Seats:

SD 1 (Open)

SD 2 (Incumbent: Mo Denis)

SD 3 (Open)

SD 4 (Open)

SD 7 (Incumbent: David Parks)

SD 10 (Open)

SD 11 (Open)

SD 13 (Incumbent: Sheila Leslie)

SD 21 (Incumbent: Mark Manendo)

So right from the start, Democrats have a 9-5 advantage in safe seats. Republicans almost have to sweep the remaining competitive districts just to retake the majority! However in glancing the more marginal seats below, that doesn't seem too likely.

Now do you see why Nevada Republicans are running scared? The Senate map looks downright atrocious for them in 2014, when Halseth and Roberson are up, and they're left with absolutely no pickup opportunities. And next year, Greg Brower will be forced to defend turf less friendly than Bill Raggio's gerrymandered wonder while Breeden and Copening become harder for the GOP to defeat.

But hey, this is exactly what the Republicans asked for! They encouraged Sandoval to veto the maps passed by the Legislature in hopes of sending redistricting to court. And they were licking their chops when the case landed in Judge Russell's court. The Republicans got everything they wanted in the redistricting process, so how on earth can they complain about the results?

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